Russian energy major Rosneft is increasingly challenging domestic rival Gazprom in international gas markets, from West Africa to Turkey and even Europe, according to five industry sources with knowledge of the matter.Last week, Rosneft won…
Azerbaijan’s SOCAR and US engineering firm KBR’s joint venture will provide front-end engineering design services (FEED) for a new production, drilling and quarters platform, Azeri Central East (ACE), for the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field in the Caspian Sea…
The first topsides unit built for the Shah Deniz stage 2 platforms is now en route from the Azfen fabrication yard in Bibi-Heybat to the Shah Deniz contract area in the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan. BP announced 1 June that the topsides transportation…
Russia's Gazprom began construction of the TurkStream pipeline’s offshore section. The Allseas Group, contractor for both strings of the gas pipeline's offshore section, started laying the pipes using the Audacia vessel. Construction…
BP has named appointments for the regional president for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey (AGT), and for the chief operating officer, production, transformation and carbon. Gary Jones has been appointed the new regional president for AGT…
Driven by the success of Eni’s major Zohr field gas discovery offshore Egypt in 2015, companies are rethinking the Eastern Mediterranean region’s gas potential, according to new analysis from IHS Markit. Total’s announcement that it will…
The Transocean Winner has been loaded onto the Hawk semisubmersible heavy lift ship, and is preparing for its journey to Turkey, according to the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). The Transocean Winner…
Preparations are being made for the Transocean Winner to be transported as ‘dry cargo’ to Turkey, according to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Although contracts are still to be finalized, planning is under way for the rig, which is currently in Broad Bay in the Isle of Lewis…
Gazprom received the first construction permit for the TurkStream pipeline's offshore section from the authorities of the Turkish Republic as part of the preparatory procedures for resuming the TurkStream project. The permit was received through diplomatic channels…
WorleyParsons has been awarded a five-year engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract for BP-operated assets in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. Under the agreement, WorleyParsons will provide EPCM services…
Gazprom handed Eni subsidiary Saipem a termination notice for the South Stream pipeline project to transport gas via a pipeline in the Black Sea. Image of South Stream pipelay. Images from Gazprom…
The oil and gas industry can deal with low oil prices, up to a point, by making itself more efficient. In contrast, there is little it can do about geopolitics and one of the places that is most evident is the Mediterranean. The region has long been home to oil and gas production…
Russia's Gazprom has approved a new route for a gas pipeline across the Black Sea to Turkey. Gazprom had been due to build, in partnership with Eni, Wintershall and EDF, the South Stream pipeline, from Russia, across the North Sea, to Bulgaria and on to Italy…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will discontinue current plans for the South Stream pipeline, citing continuing opposition from Europe, specifically Bulgaria. Instead, he announced preliminary plans to create a gas hub for southern Europe at the Turkish-Greek border…
On Friday, The US International Trade Commission endorsed anti-dumping duties on steel pipe imports from four Asian countries, Turkey, and Ukraine. The USITC voted on 22 August that imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea…
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